Sep 22, 2022How ‘rebelling’ against norms led Allison McNamara to found Mara Beauty"I thought of the idea for Mara and I didn't know what would become of it," Allison McNamara said, on the latest episode of the Glossy Beauty Podcast. "I went on the journey of creating the business but had no true intention of like, 'I'm going to build this type...
Sep 15, 2022Boy Smells’ Matthew Herman on throwing the old rules of fragrance out the window"We didn't have a ton of high aspirations for the brand when we first started it because we really wanted it to be a recreational little side hustle. It was in years two and three that we really started to get serious. We left our jobs. We were running the...
Sep 13, 2022Beauty & Wellness Briefing: Can an Indian-founded beauty brand go global?This week, I consider India's search for homegrown beauty brands and the diaspora's hope for consumers both abroad and in the motherland.
Sep 8, 2022BeautyStat’s Ron Robinson on putting ‘facts and data’ firstThe beauty industry is filled with experts, dermatologists, aestheticians and makeup artists, all trying to leverage their expertise in an increasingly crowded market. But the cosmetic chemist — the person who formulates products and oversees development — has long stayed behind the scenes. That changed when Ron Robinson debuted his...
Sep 7, 2022EXCLUSIVE: Grace Jones to partner with Boy SmellsSimply called Grace, the black peppercorn and Jamaican flora candle will be sold exclusively on Boy Smells' website, along with select specialty retailers like Kuhl-Linscomb in Houston and Extra Butter in New York, beginning September 8. The candle will be available in two sizes that will retail for $46 and...
Sep 6, 2022Beauty & Wellness Briefing: With Church & Dwight’s acquisition of Hero Cosmetics, what’s next for the pimple patch space?Best known for its hydrocolloid pimple patches, Hero Cosmetics is one of the earliest brands to create the acne patch category in the U.S.
Sep 1, 2022The Beauty Health Co.’s Andrew Stanleick on building ‘a company, a culture and a brand’When Andrew Stanleick left Coty in February to become president and CEO of The Beauty Health Co., the parent company of Hydrafacial, some in the beauty industry were surprised. Stanleick was responsible for much of Coty's recent turnaround, including the revamp of Covergirl, as well as leading the company's joint...
Aug 30, 2022Beauty & Wellness Briefing: With Ulta Beauty’s stamp of approval, sexual wellness products become a beauty mainstayUlta Beauty announces today its Intimate Wellness assortment, a new sixth pillar of the retailer's larger wellness assortment. Comprised of body and pleasure oils, lubricants, bath salts and sexual wellness devices, Ulta Beauty will debut its Intimate Wellness push exclusively online on September 4. Foria Wellness, Vush, Unbound, Smile Makers...
Aug 25, 2022Urban Skin Rx’s Rachel Roff on how virality on TikTok ‘forever changed our brand’Like many beauty entrepreneurs, Rachel Roff, founder and CEO of Urban Skin Rx, came up with the idea for her brand after a workplace epiphany. As a trained aesthetician, she discovered that the tried-and-true treatments found in dermatology and aesthetics environments were not suited for darker skin tones.